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High school football: East Rowan trounced by Greyhounds

Staff report STATESVILLE —  Maybe last week’s fourth-quarter loss to South Iredell took something out of East Rowan. Or maybe undefeated Statesville is just that ... Read more

by Mike London, Saturday, November 2, 2019 5:28 am

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High school football: Wonders bulldoze Bulldogs

Staff report CONCORD — Robinson sits between Northwest Cabarrus and Concord on A.L. Brown’s 10-game football schedule. It would’ve been easy for the Wonders not to ... Read more

by Mike London, Saturday, November 2, 2019 5:24 am

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High school volleyball: Regional semifinals

    1A VOLLEYBALL STATE PLAYOFFS FOURTH ROUND PAIRINGS EAST #1 Perquimans (25-2) vs. #4 Pamlico County (19-4) #2 Falls Lake Academy (24-3) vs. #3 ... Read more

by Mike London, Saturday, November 2, 2019 4:10 am

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High school volleyball: South Rowan at Fred T. Foard, 6 p.m.

Staff report Fred T. Foard Tigers Time: Saturday, 6 p.m., No. 5 South Rowan (28-1) at No. 1 Fred T. Foard, in Newton Round: 2A ... Read more

by Mike London, Saturday, November 2, 2019 4:01 am

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High school volleyball: Watauga at West Rowan, 4 p.m.

Staff report Watauga Pioneers Time: Saturday, 4 p.m., No. 4 Watauga at No. 1 West Rowan (27-0) Round: 3A regional semifinal Watauga’s record: 26-0 Watauga’s ... Read more

by Mike London, Saturday, November 2, 2019 3:20 am

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High school cross country: Regionals on Saturday

Staff report Regional cross country meets will be held Saturday, Nov. 2. Teams may enter up to seven runners. It takes a minimum of five ... Read more

by Mike London, Saturday, November 2, 2019 2:56 am

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High school girls tennis: Saturday’s championship matchups

1A CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL ROUND Expected Singles Lineups **EAST TEAM LISTED FIRST** #1 FRANKLIN ACADEMY (17-0) vs. #1 PINE LAKE PREP (14-0) #1 – Anisah Sison ... Read more

by Mike London, Saturday, November 2, 2019 2:17 am

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High school football: South can’t stop Spartans

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com LANDIS — For Central Davidson head football coach Clayton Trivett this was like bowling 300, pitching a perfect game or making ... Read more

by Mike London, Saturday, November 2, 2019 2:01 am

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High school football: Central Davidson-South Rowan stats

Spartans 42, Raiders 0 C. Davidson    14     7     14   7 —  42 S. Rowan         0      0     0   0  — 0   ... Read more

by Mike London, Friday, November 1, 2019 11:44 pm

College

College football: Catawba on the road for SAC game at Tusculum

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Catawba’s football losing streak has reached six games. That’s the harshest skid in 25 years for the proud South ... Read more

by Mike London, Friday, November 1, 2019 2:06 am

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High school volleyball: South wins again in 2A playoffs

Staff report  CHINA GROVE — A power outage at South Rowan forced a change in venue, but the Raiders kept rolling on Thursday with a ... Read more

by Mike London, Thursday, October 31, 2019 11:59 pm

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Prep volleyball playoffs: West Rowan throws a block party

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com MOUNT ULLA — T.C. Roberson had a serious height advantage, but West Rowan threw the block party. West’s Tori Hester, KK ... Read more

by Mike London, Thursday, October 31, 2019 11:45 pm

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High school football: Defense is the name of the game

Defense. Defense. Defense. While rushing totals continue to soar around Rowan County — Salisbury’s Mike McLean and West Rowan’s Jalen Houston joined North Rowan’s Malcolm ... Read more

by Mike London, Thursday, October 31, 2019 11:33 pm

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Area Sports: Tennis season ends with 5-0 SHS loss

From staff reports Salisbury lost 5-0 to Hendersonville in Thursday’s 2A regional Western final played at Lake Norman Tennis Center. Salisbury finished 15-1. Hendersonville (18-0) ... Read more

by Mike London, Thursday, October 31, 2019 11:08 pm

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High school football: South Rowan fights on

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com LANDIS — South Rowan and Lexington had combined for two wins and 14 losses, so it was supposed to be the ... Read more

by Mike London, Wednesday, October 30, 2019 11:45 pm

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High school football: Jefferson making impact for Cavaliers

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com SPENCER —Statistics are fun to look at, but sometimes there’s a rest of the story. North Rowan’s towering senior defensive end ... Read more

by Mike London, Wednesday, October 30, 2019 11:29 pm

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Area Sports: Salisbury tennis, West and South volleyball in action

From staff reports Salisbury takes on Hendersonville today in the 2A  Western Regional final in girls tennis. Both teams are undefeated. The match will be ... Read more

by Mike London, Wednesday, October 30, 2019 10:58 pm

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Area Sports: South volleyball sweeps

From staff reports South Rowan’s volleyball team swept a second-round playoff match on Tuesday at home, beating Lake Norman Charter 25-7, 25-11 and 25-16. Anna ... Read more

by Mike London, Wednesday, October 30, 2019 12:39 am

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High school soccer: Salisbury edges South Rowan on PKs

 Staff report LANDIS — Salisbury’s boys soccer team finished in a tie for second place in the Central Carolina Conference by beating South Rowan on ... Read more

by Mike London, Wednesday, October 30, 2019 12:14 am

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High school volleyball: West moves on with five-set victory

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com MOUNT ULLA — As a tense match headed to a fifth set on Tuesday night, West Rowan’s volleyball team headed for ... Read more

by Mike London, Tuesday, October 29, 2019 11:58 pm

Sports

Sports obit: Jack Taylor: A great pitcher and a full life

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com ROCKWELL — He pitched against Whitey Ford and shared the diamond with Jackie Robinson. He got Willie Stargell out, but Willie ... Read more

by Mike London, Tuesday, October 29, 2019 11:47 pm

College

College football: Catawba’s Mayo eyes coaching career

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — He’s not quite as famous, but Catawba center Zach Mayo has something in common with Cam Newton, Stephen Curry, ... Read more

by Mike London, Tuesday, October 29, 2019 11:33 pm

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College athletics: Area athletes update

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com Area athletes update … Host UNC Greensboro took the Grandover Collegiate fall golf tournament on Monday, winning by nine shots over Rutgers. ... Read more

by Mike London, Tuesday, October 29, 2019 12:00 am

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High school tennis: Hornets advance; Carson takes on Cox Mill

Staff report SALISBURY — The undefeated Salisbury Hornets advanced to the regional final in 2A dual team tennis by beating Oak Grove 5-0 on Monday ... Read more

by Mike London, Tuesday, October 29, 2019 12:00 am

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College football: Porter still picking and still pounding

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com SEWANEE, Tenn. — He’s the smallest player on the Sewanee University football roster, but Wesley Porter, all 5-foot-7 and 155 pounds ... Read more

by Mike London, Tuesday, October 29, 2019 12:00 am

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Area Sports: Salisbury, South win in soccer

From staff reports Salisbury’s boys soccer team won 1-0 against North Davidson on Monday and moved into a tie for second place in the Central ... Read more

by Mike London, Monday, October 28, 2019 11:11 pm

Sports

Racing: Martinsville results

First Data 500 Results Sunday At Martinsville Speedway Martinsville, Va. Lap length: 0.53 miles (Start position in parentheses) 1. (3) Martin Truex Jr, Toyota, 500 ... Read more

by Mike London, Monday, October 28, 2019 1:49 am

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High school football: Standings, this week’s schedule

                Standings    Central Carolina         Overall             CCC    ... Read more

by Mike London, Monday, October 28, 2019 1:14 am

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